Ibrahim Zakzaky

Ibrahim Zakzaky (5 May 1953-) was the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, a Shia Islam religious group that supported Palestine against Israel, an ally of the government of Nigeria.

Biography
Ibrahim Zakzaky was born on 5 May 1953 in Zaria, Nigeria, and he attended traditional Islamic schools before founding the Islamic Movement in Nigeria in the 1980s. The IMN was pro-Ayatollah Khomeini and pro-Palestine, and it was one of the first Shia Muslim communities in the country, whose Muslim population was less than 5% Shia. His group took part in demonstrations against Israel and clashed with police on some occasions, and four of Zakzaky's children were killed in clashes. On 12 December 2015, in the 2015 Zaria Shia massacre, as many as 300 Shi'ites in Zaria were massacred by the Nigerian Army, and a heavily-wounded Zakzaky was imprisoned by the government.